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What Happened to Taken?
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We take a look at the low-budget action movie that turned Liam Neeson into a major action star, Taken!
Taken
- Theatrical - Wide 2009-01-30
- Cast Liam Neeson Maggie Grace Famke Janssen Leland Orser Jon Gries
- Directed by Pierre Morel
Box Office Gross:
$226,830,568
Running Time:
94 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
EuropaCorp, M6 Films, Grive Productions, Seaside Film Taken, All Pictures Media
Genres:
JoBlo's Rating
Synopsis
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone... See more with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
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